BRRRRRRRRRING BRRRRRRRING

[Shawnee123]

Dude, are you mad at me or sumpin'?


(lol @ soccer mom: how does she see around that big soccer ball sticker with the names tyler or taylor or skyler or whatever blocking half her back window?)

[freshnesschronic]

Finally, some support. Yack yack yack yack there needs to be two sides to any issue. Disagree or don't, it's all valid opinion.

[DanaC]

Yack yack yack yack there needs to be two sides to any issue. Disagree or don't, it's all valid opinion.

You sure we're not too old to have a valid opinion?

[freshnesschronic]

Originally Posted by DanaC

You sure we're not too old to have a valid opinion?

Please, don't tell me you're not offended by yack yack yack?
I never once tried to offend anyone, just justify my reasoning.

[Shawnee123]

lol @ DanaC

[Dagney]

When I was working, my cell phone was surgically attached to my head. I needed to be reachable 24/7 - (On call, no matter what, no matter when) Now that I've escaped from that grind, I forget it's even in my purse half the time (which is generally when the battery's dead and I need to use the dang thing).

I'm not 50. I'm not even 40. I carry a phone and so does my husband, but we're not 'ruled' by it. Our friends and family are able to reach us numerous ways - email, IM, SMS, land line, cell phone, carrier pigeon, etc. They call us, or leave a message on one of the aforementioned methods, and wait for us to get in touch with them. If they _really_ need us, (i.e. family health issue, emergency, etc), they'll try one or two of the other methods, and eventually track us down. But they surely don't get this angry if we don't call them back right away.

We purchased cell phones for our convenience - NOT the convenience of the people that call me. I would much rather have had one so I could go 'out' and live my life rather than having to sit at home while I was on call. And I'm the first one to bitch about the idiot on his cell phone in line at the grocery store, or the chick who'd rather talk than drive safely, and don't even get me started about the kids on wheely shoes with cell phones at the mall. If this makes me 'old', where's my AARP card?

I think a lot of this _IS_ generational - kids today want 'instant' gratification - and well, have a little hissy fit when it doesn't happen the way they want it to. (I'll get mad when she doesn't answer her phone the way I want her to). This particular situation however, sends up huge red flags and screams 'stalker' to me.

Dude, leave her a message, she'll get back to you if she wants to. If not (and really, this is clear to most of us, but apparently not you), she's just simply not gonna.

[DanaC]

*chuckles* Fresh, I ain't that easily offended sweety.

Why would anyone care if someone is on the phone at a grocery check-out?

[glatt]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Why would anyone care if someone is on the phone at a grocery check-out?

I was just wondering the same thing. Maybe she means the cashier is talking on the phone instead of waiting on customers. There's nothing wrong with a customer being on the phone.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Why would anyone care if someone is on the phone at a grocery check-out?

No idea what Dagney's beef is, but I detest noise pollution and can run you a few off the top of my head:

Shopping can be a fraught experience at the best of times. I don't need this compunded by hearing, "I'm not going out Friday, nah I'm broke innit. Nah I can't go out. Nah, nah. I don't get my student loan til next week and I was out Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and I bought them new Diesel jeans today. Where you going anyway? Oh right. Right. Will that fit bird be there? Yeah the one wiv da fit arse. Yeah. Alright, see you bout 8 then. Yeah we're gonna get munted mate."

People on mobiles simply don't function as efficiently as those not on them (YMMV). If they are packing their shopping single handed in order to continue the dross above, they are slowing me down for no good reason.

I think it is rude at the point of being served, to stare blankly at the amount owed and hand a card over, as if the cashier is nothing more than a vending machine. Working in a supermarket isn't exactly a fulfilling job - it helps to have customers who talk to you, or at the very least acknowledge you.

The call can wait.

[Dagney]

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

No idea what Dagney's beef is, but I detest noise pollution and can run you a few off the top of my head:

Shopping can be a fraught experience at the best of times. I don't need this compunded by hearing, "I'm not going out Friday, nah I'm broke innit. Nah I can't go out. Nah, nah. I don't get my student loan til next week and I was out Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and I bought them new Diesel jeans today. Where you going anyway? Oh right. Right. Will that fit bird be there? Yeah the one wiv da fit arse. Yeah. Alright, see you bout 8 then. Yeah we're gonna get munted mate."

People on mobiles simply don't function as efficiently as those not on them (YMMV). If they are packing their shopping single handed in order to continue the dross above, they are slowing me down for no good reason.

I think it is rude at the point of being served, to stare blankly at the amount owed and hand a card over, as if the cashier is nothing more than a vending machine. Working in a supermarket isn't exactly a fulfilling job - it helps to have customers who talk to you, or at the very least acknowledge you.

The call can wait.

You stated my feelings concisely. I don't need to know what you're doing tonight, frankly I don't care. I also don't think it's quite fair for me to have to wait - wasting my time - while you debate which bar you want to get trashed at while the line behind me gets longer.

Cell phones are handy little things - but they can be quite annoying when used at the wrong time. In the check out line at the market = wrong time.

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Why would anyone care if someone is on the phone at a grocery check-out?

The cashier. It pissed the hell out of me and the people behind him or her because they would usually take two to three times as long. Some people can multitask some people can't.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Why would anyone care if someone is on the phone at a grocery check-out?

Besides being rude and and not attending to the task at hand cause you are jabbing away as people are talking to you, and others are waiting for you to finish your task and get out of the way? Put your damm phone away and pay. If you are just standing there waiting, no problem, but don't be pissed if I try really hard to hear everyword being said, cause some people talk really loud. I just think it is rude. Ok, ok, if your mom is dying or your kid is sick, you can talk on the phone in line. Do you think anyone would get mad if I bumped you, you dropped your phone, and I stamped on it? Sorry about that mate.

[Shawnee123]

I agree completely, SG.

(what is ymmv?)

[DanaC]

I think it is rude at the point of being served, to stare blankly at the amount owed and hand a card over, as if the cashier is nothing more than a vending machine. Working in a supermarket isn't exactly a fulfilling job - it helps to have customers who talk to you, or at the very least acknowledge you.

The call can wait.

Well, most of the time it can, but not always. I don't see any reason to be rude to the cashier even if one is on the phone. Usually even if I am on the phone, I will nod and smile at the cashier, I might even mouth "thanks" whilst listening to whoever is on the phone. It's not ideal.....but just acting like the cashier isn't there isn't an option.